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Wind River Systems Joins the Eclipse Consortium
"Wind River will bring more than 20 years of experience and valuable depth of knowledge and expertise to the Eclipse Consortium," said Skip McGaughey, chairperson of the Eclipse Board of Stewards. "Wind River will be a key contributor toward achieving the adoption of open, best in class development technologies in all computing environments."
Wind River's work with Eclipse will focus on the creation of embedded tools and products that are integrated and compatible with the Eclipse open framework and platform. Wind River works with customers in five vertical markets--aerospace & defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial and network infrastructure--and will work with the Eclipse Consortium to ensure that best in class development technology is made available to developers in each of these markets.
In February, Wind River will further prove its commitment to Eclipse by sponsoring EclipseCon 2004, a technical conference that brings together the Eclipse open source project, community and ecosystem. This conference will focus on open tools development and integration, the history of the Eclipse Consortium and how Eclipse technology evolved, the range of possibilities for embedded development between Eclipse members and much more.
"Now more than ever before, embedded devices and the enterprise are converging to fulfill the promise of a connected world. As such, Wind River is committed to open standards and to ensuring that embedded developers have access to integrated and widely compatible technologies," said Dave Fraser, senior vice president products for Wind River. "The Eclipse Consortium is making an outstanding contribution to the larger technology community, and we are proud to be able to contribute to its cause with our eye on the embedded community."
"By using and contributing to proven Eclipse technologies, Wind River can apply
more of our development resources to value-add for our customers, rather than building technology infrastructures," said Tomas Evensen, senior director core OS and Tools and Eclipse steward for Wind River. "Eclipse's open technology also provides end users with added interoperability, making it possible for them to combine various tools from different vendors."
About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It provides market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.
Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.
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